Deploy an extension to the Extension gallery

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Once the extension is ready it is time to deploy it to other developers. This tutorial looks how to upload the VSIX file to the public Visual Studio gallery website. Also learn how to configure the extension features, add metadata and marketing text to the gallery site.

- [Voiceover] I'll upload my extension…to the public Visual Studio gallery.…To do that, I navigate to this website,…visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com,…and I login with my MSDN account.…Then, today, I would click on this upload button.…Now, Microsoft changes this webpage from time to time…every couple of months, so it may look different…when you're on this page than when I recorded it.…And I'll guarantee it'll look different very soon,…because there's this new Visual Studio Marketplace coming.…Anyway, what I'll do today is click on the upload button.…

Here, I specify what type of extension I'm uploading;…it's a tool.…I specify whether I would like to upload the tool…or provide just the hyperlink.…I'll upload.…That means I have to choose a file.…I'll choose the vsix file on my desktop.…And then I click next.…This red error text tells me that I've already used…this vsix ID on the site.…In other words, the unique identifier for my extension…is already been put in their database.…

Don't worry, though.…I can show you the same screen you would've seen,…

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5/25/2016

Visual Studio is already a powerful IDE. But when you add extensions, third-party tools, and templates to the mix, you have a development environment that can be tailored to your exact needs. In this installment of Visual Studio 2015 Essentials, Walt Ritscher shows you how to find, install, and use the most helpful extensions for Visual Studio. Learn how extensions like Spell Checker, Comment Remover, CodeMaid, and Productivity Power Tools can automate and speed up the way you code. Then discover how to build your own extensions, and share them with other developers in the Visual Studio Gallery. Walt also shows how to use standalone external tools to augment the Visual Studio workflow, and create custom templates that include just the files and settings you need for your project types.

Topics include:

Installing extensions

Using CodeMaid, Productivity Power Tools, and other Visual Studio extensions